The church read out a letter to its 50,000 members worldwide in early May, stating that keeping pets was "clearly wrong".

A secretive Christian coven has issued an edict to its members to purge their pets after a young relative of the sect's leader Bruce Hales was bitten by a dog in Australia.

A secretive Christian coven has issued an edict to its members to purge their pets after a young relative of the sect's leader Bruce Hales was bitten by a dog in Australia.

The church read out a letter to its 50,000 members worldwide in early May, stating that keeping pets was "clearly wrong".